"Eating the Elephant" is a provocative and enlightening treatise on the role of faith, science, and religion in the modern world. Incisively written with thought-provoking detail, author John Mangano peers through the lenses of science and religion to explore man"s raison d"etre. The author attacks man"s debilitating sense of complacency as well as the stifling security manufactured by corporate and religious institutions where individuals allow themselves to stagnate. "Eating the Elephant" nudges readers toward understanding, while challenging them to re-examine their current belief systems.